Category: Places I Trade From
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Swing Trading is Low Maintenance, Low Stress
Swing Trading is the epitome of Backpack Trading. You can do this from anywhere. It only requires a few minutes per day. My colleague Rick Stambaugh has become quite the Spotlight Power Trader expert. He’s recently put together a package of 30 tested high performing Swing Tradeplans. Each plan only requires a few minutes per…
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Secret to Making More Money – Not What you Expected
This is actually a non secret to making more money. But first, a few podcasts ago, I made a proclamation to the world that I was going to shed some pounds. My reason for doing so is directly connected to this big non secret to making more money. Check out my podcast here: Non Secret…
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Simple Trade Technique that Stacks the Odds in Your Favor
This simple trade technique is nothing new, but many people probably don’t know about it. I showed it yesterday during my Wealth365 presentation and in fact, jumped on a trade about 30 minutes before my curtain call. Basically I look for a particular candle stick that stabs up into ‘my lines.’ When I say ‘my…
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Crude Oil and Houston – But Don’t CALL Me Houston!
Crude Oil was on fire again this week, not literally, but as a day trading instrument. Our Weekly Crude Oil Report Session won again. Unfortunately for me, I was on checking through airport security and my mistimed travel itinerary caused me to miss it. Both Counter Punch Trader and Spotlight Power Trader won again. Spotlight…
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Winning Crude Oil Inventory Session, Miami Beach
My Winning Crude Oil Inventory Session from Miami Beach This weekly trade captures the essence of the BackPack Trader. In the true spirit of the Backpack Trader, I traded from my hotel balcony today, overlooking the lively Espanola Way. Have laptop (and internet), will travel! Trading my winning crude oil inventory session with one of…
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Trading in Nashville, First Time There
Trading in Nashville seemed like an appropriate post to kick off this section of our blog. I started this section to help drive home the message that the Backpack Trader is anyone who is portable with their trading. Why? Because being portable is just another way of saying, being free. Free to come and go…
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The Best Trade of My Life
The best trade of my life also happened in my early years of trading, when I was just starting out. It happened about 27 years ago actually. You would think that after all the years of trading that followed, I would have made a better trade. Nope! As you will shortly see, that would be…
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Winning Crude Oil Inventory Report Session — Explained in Great Detail
We had another winning Crude Oil Inventory Report Session today. I had actually recorded the live session but the video projector from our traderoom froze up on my recording computer and it didn’t turn out. So instead, I thought I would take the opportunity to walk you through the session, step by step, and explain…
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Fun with Moving Averages
The Moving Average (MA), in all its various forms, is one of the most commonly used and best known indicator in technical analysis. There are countless ways to use it, in a variety of trading strategies and tactics. This category is not to rehash all the various common ways to use MAs or to talk…
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The Backpack Trader Manifesto — Who is the Backpack Trader?
The Backpack Trader is a symbol of why we trade in the first place. It represents absolute freedom. Being able to come and go as we please, travel anywhere we want, stay at home and trade from the comfort of our own sofa, whatever. The Backpack Trader reminds us that our reason for trading is…